Since we are planning on launching a Philosophical Vegan YouTube channel, we would like to acquire Stock Photos and Stock Footage for the channel.
We'll need subscriptions, and they aren't cheap. We want to know what are the best stock photo/footage sites, and if they have good rates.
I would like for everyone to pitch an idea for a website with these offers, and tell us their rates.
The first one that comes to mind for me is Shutterstock.https://www.shutterstock.com/

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But yeah, any other suggestions?
We are planning on making the videos half photos half footage. What the footage and photos will be, that really all depends on what we're talking about in the video. I think we can also use this thread to discuss which photos and videos would be reasonable to use in a video.

And if anyone is willing to donate money to help pay for all of this, please consider donating to our Patreon (I should probably make another thread advertising our Patreon too when I get the chance):https://www.patreon.com/philosophicalvegan

They'd have to be very very short clips of film back to back in a way that creates something new, or images that have been modified.
It's a grey area, but courts are being more permissive on the topic now.

There's an announcement advertising the patreon, but I don't know if anybody saw it since it's kind of separated at the top.

I actually remember reading it, but I somehow forgot...

brimstoneSalad wrote: It's also possible to basically take our own pictures for a lot of stuff. It might possibly be easier/cheaper between the two. We can probably get some photos at grocery stores and such for some images.

Sure, I can do that, and I'm pretty sure others can help with this too. I hardly ever use my camera on my phone, but I guess I now have a valid reason to.

Since we are planning on launching a Philosophical Vegan YouTube channel, we would like to acquire Stock Photos and Stock Footage for the channel.
We'll need subscriptions, and they aren't cheap. We want to know what are the best stock photo/footage sites, and if they have good rates.

But yeah, any other suggestions?

Quite honestly, I'd second the idea of using Pixabay initially. They offer images and video for free. That's what I use for all my videos (I also occasionally use photos from Wikimedia). However, I can understand that if the videos will be entirely imagery (zero talking head), you might need shutter stock from the get-go.

Quite honestly, I'd second the idea of using Pixabay initially. They offer images and video for free. That's what I use for all my videos (I also occasionally use photos from Wikimedia). However, I can understand that if the videos will be entirely imagery (zero talking head), you might need shutter stock from the get-go.

Alright, I guess for now we'll use some public domain pics (and I'll see if I can get some pics of my own), and when he hit our next Patreon goal, we can probably dedicate some money to stock images.

On a slightly irrelevant note, I think if we are ever gonna use music, incompetech is without a doubt gonna be my first suggestion. I also suggest maybe classical music, and certain video game music (if that's allowed). Anyone think we should include music in the Channel's YouTube vids?http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php

Including music is useful, but it has to be done pretty carefully. I don't really know how to do it right aside from maybe a few seconds of intro, so it's probably best avoided during the video (unless somebody else has some expertise at mixing it in).

Including music is useful, but it has to be done pretty carefully. I don't really know how to do it right aside from maybe a few seconds of intro, so it's probably best avoided during the video (unless somebody else has some expertise at mixing it in).

I also often use obscure music that I want to go with the theme of the video not on the list. You can upload it fast to youtube from an mp3 tied to one black image to test in monetize section, before publishing without risking copyright strike. Sometimes it comes back claimed by so and so records, so they'd put automatic advertisements on themselves to claim some revenue which I don't mind for bands I like. Or it says video will be blocked in France or worldwide bar a few.

Videos same thing, have had some show fair use, tried other long ones and seen them blocked, but under a minute of the same content was okayed and just monetized by the cc holder. UV swears by under 15 seconds rule for getting past most automatic flagging like with the BBC, but even then again I've put some longer clips of theirs up too.

Including music is useful, but it has to be done pretty carefully. I don't really know how to do it right aside from maybe a few seconds of intro, so it's probably best avoided during the video (unless somebody else has some expertise at mixing it in).

I think music if the right music is placed at just the right moment, it could retain viewer's interest, show off editing know-how, and make yourself seem more professional. I might have some experience with this.
I've edited a bunch of stupid videos in the past when I was like 12, and my friends commended my music choices, as they said it fit the tone and made the video funnier.
I think this dude does a pretty good job with his music placement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MmSZrAlqKc&list=PLiaHhY2iBX9g6KIvZ_703G3KJXapKkNaF&index=13

I can understand if you don't want for us to put music.
However, I think for some parts it's necessary for the overall tone and points, and maybe for comedic emphasis (like, for example, you're imitating a redneck, you put bluegrass music in the background).
In fact, you might not have noticed it (I made it extremely quiet, and made it dissipate at certain moments), but I put Mozart's 'Turkish March' for the intro video (which I'd be fine with redoing if we have to). I put it to fit the classy nature of the site that I felt it had.